Right homotopy relation on the projective model structure of chain complexes











up vote
2
down vote

favorite












In Mark Hovey's book $textit{Model Categories}$ it is said that in the projective model structure of chain complexes, the right homotopy relation is precisely the
chain homotopy relation. However, I've found the following counter example:



Suppose $mathbb{Q}$ is the rational numbers, and $R=mathbb{Q}[x]/(x^2)$.
Define $A$ to be the complex with $A_n=R$ for any $n$, and the differential $d$ is given by the multiplication by $x$. Define $f$ to be the identity map on $A$ and $g$ to be the zero map on $A$. We deduce that:



i) $f$ and $g$ are not chain homotopic.



This is because that if there exists maps $s_n:Rto R$ such that $ds_n+s_{n-1}d=f-g$, suppose $s_n(1)=a+bx$, then $s_{n-1}(x)=1-ax$, but this cannot be true since $s_{n-1}$ must be a $R$-module homomorphism and must maps $x$ to a multiple of $x$.



ii) $f$ and $g$ are right homotopic.



This is because $A$ is acyclic and $Axrightarrow{(mathrm{id},mathrm{id})} Aoplus Axrightarrow{mathrm{id}}Aoplus A$ gives a path object of $A$,
and $Axrightarrow{(mathrm{id},0)}Aoplus Axrightarrow{mathrm{id}}Aoplus A$ yields the homotopy.



Is my counter example correct?










share|cite|improve this question






















  • most likely yes, however, you have the problem that your object is not cofibrant, hence your Example might work out as a counterexample if you use the full category, however, for defining the homotopy category, you first need to take a cofibrant replacement. (otherwise you also can't guarantee that right homotopy is an equivalence). Hence it is a counterexample, but a counterexample with no effect, and especially outside of the objects you are actually conisdering
    – Enkidu
    Nov 22 at 13:22

















up vote
2
down vote

favorite












In Mark Hovey's book $textit{Model Categories}$ it is said that in the projective model structure of chain complexes, the right homotopy relation is precisely the
chain homotopy relation. However, I've found the following counter example:



Suppose $mathbb{Q}$ is the rational numbers, and $R=mathbb{Q}[x]/(x^2)$.
Define $A$ to be the complex with $A_n=R$ for any $n$, and the differential $d$ is given by the multiplication by $x$. Define $f$ to be the identity map on $A$ and $g$ to be the zero map on $A$. We deduce that:



i) $f$ and $g$ are not chain homotopic.



This is because that if there exists maps $s_n:Rto R$ such that $ds_n+s_{n-1}d=f-g$, suppose $s_n(1)=a+bx$, then $s_{n-1}(x)=1-ax$, but this cannot be true since $s_{n-1}$ must be a $R$-module homomorphism and must maps $x$ to a multiple of $x$.



ii) $f$ and $g$ are right homotopic.



This is because $A$ is acyclic and $Axrightarrow{(mathrm{id},mathrm{id})} Aoplus Axrightarrow{mathrm{id}}Aoplus A$ gives a path object of $A$,
and $Axrightarrow{(mathrm{id},0)}Aoplus Axrightarrow{mathrm{id}}Aoplus A$ yields the homotopy.



Is my counter example correct?










share|cite|improve this question






















  • most likely yes, however, you have the problem that your object is not cofibrant, hence your Example might work out as a counterexample if you use the full category, however, for defining the homotopy category, you first need to take a cofibrant replacement. (otherwise you also can't guarantee that right homotopy is an equivalence). Hence it is a counterexample, but a counterexample with no effect, and especially outside of the objects you are actually conisdering
    – Enkidu
    Nov 22 at 13:22















up vote
2
down vote

favorite









up vote
2
down vote

favorite











In Mark Hovey's book $textit{Model Categories}$ it is said that in the projective model structure of chain complexes, the right homotopy relation is precisely the
chain homotopy relation. However, I've found the following counter example:



Suppose $mathbb{Q}$ is the rational numbers, and $R=mathbb{Q}[x]/(x^2)$.
Define $A$ to be the complex with $A_n=R$ for any $n$, and the differential $d$ is given by the multiplication by $x$. Define $f$ to be the identity map on $A$ and $g$ to be the zero map on $A$. We deduce that:



i) $f$ and $g$ are not chain homotopic.



This is because that if there exists maps $s_n:Rto R$ such that $ds_n+s_{n-1}d=f-g$, suppose $s_n(1)=a+bx$, then $s_{n-1}(x)=1-ax$, but this cannot be true since $s_{n-1}$ must be a $R$-module homomorphism and must maps $x$ to a multiple of $x$.



ii) $f$ and $g$ are right homotopic.



This is because $A$ is acyclic and $Axrightarrow{(mathrm{id},mathrm{id})} Aoplus Axrightarrow{mathrm{id}}Aoplus A$ gives a path object of $A$,
and $Axrightarrow{(mathrm{id},0)}Aoplus Axrightarrow{mathrm{id}}Aoplus A$ yields the homotopy.



Is my counter example correct?










share|cite|improve this question













In Mark Hovey's book $textit{Model Categories}$ it is said that in the projective model structure of chain complexes, the right homotopy relation is precisely the
chain homotopy relation. However, I've found the following counter example:



Suppose $mathbb{Q}$ is the rational numbers, and $R=mathbb{Q}[x]/(x^2)$.
Define $A$ to be the complex with $A_n=R$ for any $n$, and the differential $d$ is given by the multiplication by $x$. Define $f$ to be the identity map on $A$ and $g$ to be the zero map on $A$. We deduce that:



i) $f$ and $g$ are not chain homotopic.



This is because that if there exists maps $s_n:Rto R$ such that $ds_n+s_{n-1}d=f-g$, suppose $s_n(1)=a+bx$, then $s_{n-1}(x)=1-ax$, but this cannot be true since $s_{n-1}$ must be a $R$-module homomorphism and must maps $x$ to a multiple of $x$.



ii) $f$ and $g$ are right homotopic.



This is because $A$ is acyclic and $Axrightarrow{(mathrm{id},mathrm{id})} Aoplus Axrightarrow{mathrm{id}}Aoplus A$ gives a path object of $A$,
and $Axrightarrow{(mathrm{id},0)}Aoplus Axrightarrow{mathrm{id}}Aoplus A$ yields the homotopy.



Is my counter example correct?







model-categories






share|cite|improve this question













share|cite|improve this question











share|cite|improve this question




share|cite|improve this question










asked Nov 22 at 13:05









Frank Kong

111




111












  • most likely yes, however, you have the problem that your object is not cofibrant, hence your Example might work out as a counterexample if you use the full category, however, for defining the homotopy category, you first need to take a cofibrant replacement. (otherwise you also can't guarantee that right homotopy is an equivalence). Hence it is a counterexample, but a counterexample with no effect, and especially outside of the objects you are actually conisdering
    – Enkidu
    Nov 22 at 13:22




















  • most likely yes, however, you have the problem that your object is not cofibrant, hence your Example might work out as a counterexample if you use the full category, however, for defining the homotopy category, you first need to take a cofibrant replacement. (otherwise you also can't guarantee that right homotopy is an equivalence). Hence it is a counterexample, but a counterexample with no effect, and especially outside of the objects you are actually conisdering
    – Enkidu
    Nov 22 at 13:22


















most likely yes, however, you have the problem that your object is not cofibrant, hence your Example might work out as a counterexample if you use the full category, however, for defining the homotopy category, you first need to take a cofibrant replacement. (otherwise you also can't guarantee that right homotopy is an equivalence). Hence it is a counterexample, but a counterexample with no effect, and especially outside of the objects you are actually conisdering
– Enkidu
Nov 22 at 13:22






most likely yes, however, you have the problem that your object is not cofibrant, hence your Example might work out as a counterexample if you use the full category, however, for defining the homotopy category, you first need to take a cofibrant replacement. (otherwise you also can't guarantee that right homotopy is an equivalence). Hence it is a counterexample, but a counterexample with no effect, and especially outside of the objects you are actually conisdering
– Enkidu
Nov 22 at 13:22

















active

oldest

votes











Your Answer





StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function () {
return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function () {
StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix) {
StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
});
});
}, "mathjax-editing");

StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "69"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});


}
});














draft saved

draft discarded


















StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3009107%2fright-homotopy-relation-on-the-projective-model-structure-of-chain-complexes%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown






























active

oldest

votes













active

oldest

votes









active

oldest

votes






active

oldest

votes
















draft saved

draft discarded




















































Thanks for contributing an answer to Mathematics Stack Exchange!


  • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid



  • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

  • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.


To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.





Some of your past answers have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from answering.


Please pay close attention to the following guidance:


  • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid



  • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

  • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




draft saved


draft discarded














StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3009107%2fright-homotopy-relation-on-the-projective-model-structure-of-chain-complexes%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown





















































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown

































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown







Popular posts from this blog

Quarter-circle Tiles

build a pushdown automaton that recognizes the reverse language of a given pushdown automaton?

Mont Emei